“When you dance with the devil, you don't get to pick the tune.”
Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist
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“Intentions don't matter. It's the end result we're all judged by. Evil in the name of good is still evil. And when you dance with the devil, you seldom get to pick the tune.”
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